Relief doctor??
Relief doctor??
We are all used to the term "relief teachers", but "relief doctors" feels ... (see, I can't even find an appropriate word to describe).
After being "surrounded" by some friends who were not well during the past month or so, my body immune system decided that it has enough and it's time now to raise the white flag. I had felt my throat really dry 2 days ago, and the feverish feeling creeping and temperature somewhat rising. When I discovered that oops, my cough is beginning, I told myself there's no delay to the doctor anymore - and that's when I decided to take a trip to the doc.
I would have gone back to my family doctor but my favourite doctor wasn't in today =( My second choice was to go back to another doctor which was under the panel of doctors listed by MCS - she's a Christian doctor and also one of my favourite =) But sigh* imagine my disappointment when I went there only to be told that she's out for a seminar, and another relief doctor is taking her place. What options am I left since (1) I'm already at the clinic, and (2) I needed medication for recovery?
I can't deny the fact that I was "on guard" and somewhat "distrusting" towards the relief doctor. She's actually a gentle lady too - so gentle and soft-spoken that I could hardly figure out what she was saying. All I knew was she said I'm not in too bad shape, and she will just be giving me some medication to stop the cough ...
As I reflected on how I perceived her, I began to realized that many times, we tend to treat people in similar manner - especially those who are new to us ... those we've just gotten to know, etc. We are very quick to form impressions of people based on what we see, our intuition, stereotypes, our previous experiences (if any, with "similar" type of persons), etc. Sometimes we can be wrong, and that can be very unfair to the other party - after all, we are not giving them a chance to be who they are, and what they can be, isn't it? I have to remind myself that since God allowed me to meet her, and for her to prescribe medications for me, I should learn to have faith in her diagnosis.
It's another lesson learnt and a reminder that when God looks at humankind, He sees the heart, and not through external appearances that we usually form impressions with ... 1 Sam 16:7b "The LORD does not look at the things man looks at. Man looks at the outward appearance, but the LORD looks at the heart."
We are all used to the term "relief teachers", but "relief doctors" feels ... (see, I can't even find an appropriate word to describe).
After being "surrounded" by some friends who were not well during the past month or so, my body immune system decided that it has enough and it's time now to raise the white flag. I had felt my throat really dry 2 days ago, and the feverish feeling creeping and temperature somewhat rising. When I discovered that oops, my cough is beginning, I told myself there's no delay to the doctor anymore - and that's when I decided to take a trip to the doc.
I would have gone back to my family doctor but my favourite doctor wasn't in today =( My second choice was to go back to another doctor which was under the panel of doctors listed by MCS - she's a Christian doctor and also one of my favourite =) But sigh* imagine my disappointment when I went there only to be told that she's out for a seminar, and another relief doctor is taking her place. What options am I left since (1) I'm already at the clinic, and (2) I needed medication for recovery?
I can't deny the fact that I was "on guard" and somewhat "distrusting" towards the relief doctor. She's actually a gentle lady too - so gentle and soft-spoken that I could hardly figure out what she was saying. All I knew was she said I'm not in too bad shape, and she will just be giving me some medication to stop the cough ...
As I reflected on how I perceived her, I began to realized that many times, we tend to treat people in similar manner - especially those who are new to us ... those we've just gotten to know, etc. We are very quick to form impressions of people based on what we see, our intuition, stereotypes, our previous experiences (if any, with "similar" type of persons), etc. Sometimes we can be wrong, and that can be very unfair to the other party - after all, we are not giving them a chance to be who they are, and what they can be, isn't it? I have to remind myself that since God allowed me to meet her, and for her to prescribe medications for me, I should learn to have faith in her diagnosis.
It's another lesson learnt and a reminder that when God looks at humankind, He sees the heart, and not through external appearances that we usually form impressions with ... 1 Sam 16:7b "The LORD does not look at the things man looks at. Man looks at the outward appearance, but the LORD looks at the heart."
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